Who Will Form Government When the Election Result Is Hung

It is unfortunate that verdict of voters in Delhi assembly election is not clear in favour of any party due to multi- party contest . None of political parties has got clear simple majority and as per norms defined in the Constitution, none of them is in a position to form the government without the support of other party and even if it is formed with the support of others, there is no guarantee that the government will be able to last long and it will be able to do business as per their manifesto or as per wishes of voters.

And if somehow or the other a cohesive group is formed media will not hesitate in pulling the pent of leaders because it is media men who are more negative minded than politicians of the country. Duty of the media is not to do constructive job but only to criticize all those who are in the good book of media promoters on genuine or flimsy ground. If BJP or AAP decides to form the government with the support of AAP or BJP or Congress Party, they will blame AAP or BJP of negotiating with the previous stand and if they do not form the government they will accuse parties of wasting the money spent on conduct of election and forcing the country to again spend good money on conduct of fresh election.

Congress Party is silently watching the Draupdi Chirharan sitting in AC room. After all who cares for common men?

 However the era of coalition government is not new and will not be abnormal and astonishing if the similar hung verdict comes in forthcoming Lok Sabha election.

Media like to humiliate specially BJP both ways without keeping in mind the interest of the common men. This is why politicians are keeping away from forming the government. In such ego clash and mad diplomatic stand of two or three political outfits as also due to sticking to six decade old Constitutional provisions, common men are constrained to and are bound to suffer, working of all offices will be adversely affected and in absence of stable government, anti social elements will jeopardize the safety and security and also spoil the economy from many considerations. 

And last but not the least, avoidable expenses on frequent elections, it is ultimately the common men who will have to bear the brunt of tax load. Not only this , it is also bitter truth that in case of multi -cornered contest, a person or a party getting 25% of votes or seats get power whereas large chunk of persons and seats are opposed to persons or party in  power.

It is also a bitter but undeniable truth that due to misrule of big national parties or due to some other reasons like caste and community based policies of local and national leaders, many small parties at state level have taken birth and slowly they are cutting the slice from national parties in overall seat strength in state assemblies or in Parliament. Due to multi cornered contest in general elections, votes are divided and wasted in many small pockets and many such situations has arisen in the past in many states and even in national election that none of contesting political party got the majority. It is also true that national or regional parties managed majority by compromising their own principles and formed the government. In many cases they failed to perform due to inter party rivalries and inconsistencies in their approaches that formed part of coalition government. . Even present UPA government or previous NDA government was also formed after taking support of many small parties. Nation has suffered a lot due to weak government at center or in state.

There is no doubt that bipolar election or election between two or three national parties may be good for the health of the country but great advocate of democracy will perhaps not allow such thing to happen. And when hung verdict merges in election results, some experts may suggest President’s rules in Delhi but I am unable to understand what they will suggest when the same hung verdict comes in forthcoming Parliamentary election.

Now since the era of multi parties has taken root a in all states and at national level too, there is a immediate need to reinvent Constitution to combat such critical situation.

IN case of Delhi, it is very much disheartening that neither Aam Admi Party nor BJP is ready to form the government at Delhi and AAP has even suggest second poll. Due to their own ego or due to constraints posed by the constitutional provisions, they are suggesting second poll even if will cause loss hundreds of crores of rupees. It is not their personal wealth which is wasted in conduct of election.

Not only this, there is no guarantee that verdict of second poll will give clear and simple majority to any political party. These parties may suggest third poll or fourth poll without taking care of huge loss to the country and huge manpower loss.

Such egoistic attitude or such blind worship to existing provisions of the Constitution may prove dangerous.

It is important to say here that forthcoming national election in 2014 may also not give clear verdict to any party due to increase in power of various regional parties in various states. In such position there is no provision of president’s rule and there will be compulsion for forming a coalition government at center even if the coalition government will have to sacrifice some of individual party manifestos.

Obviously advocates of democracy and Parliamentary democracy will have to invent new methodology to run the government in case of hung verdict either at state or at center level to save avoidable expenses on recurrent election.Delhi election may be conducted in few hundred of crore of rupees but if fragmented result comes in Parliamentary election , expenses will be in thousands of crores in addition to loss of manpower time and energy.

IN such position I think  example of Delhi election verdict of hung assembly gives an opportunity to all lovers of democracy to formulate new policy and new solution to meet such critical situation and the same will be fruitful and money saver if the verdict in 2014 parliamentary election also gives the similar fragmented verdict.

Time has come to accept the ground reality and define new course of action now and now only. I condemn all those who are bent upon spoiling the money and energy in frequent elections.

It will be very much praiseworthy that learned, talented and intelligent members of AAP, BJP and Congress Party, constitutional experts, advocates and all relevant persons and groups’ will sit together and decide new path in the larger interest of the country.

I hope media men will stop Chirharan tactics and apply their mind and energy to discover best ways to have stable and effective government which will be for the people and without corruption. Century old Congress Party should also refrain from divisive and anti national diplomacy to remain in power. Country is already suffering from policy paralysis and administrative deficit , rulers should not add fuel to fire and save the country from vaccum of powerful government .

09.12.2013

Following are some suggested lines to come out of  the indecisiveness and uncertainty in Delhi Assembly and in formation of government in Delhi 

Government may be formed jointly by elected MLA of all parties in due proportion to their strength. After all it is the duty of all MLAs to serve their constituencies. Traditionally MLAs of opposition or non-ruling parties simply sit in the assembly and say YES or NO as per advice of their High command. On the other hand MLA of ruling party spend in their constituencies as per their wishes and use government fund without any check point. Members of opposition parties used to oppose only  and that of ruling parties used to support blindly without going into pros and cons of the bill.Members  of ruling or that of opposing party had no option to express their opinion candidly on any bill.This sheep culture has become killer of democratic principles.

This tradition of saying yes and no as per dictates of Party high command is clearly not in unison with the real spirit of democracy and hence totally unjustified. 

As such if all MLAs come together and take part in formation of the government, any bill can be passed on the basis of merit and demerit of the bill. Even MLA of any party (none is ruling and none is opposing) who were hitherto saying Yes or NO as per dictates of High Command may register their views and opinion in favour of or against a bill contrary to prevalent practice. A Member will be real independent of party line on  any bill in new set up as defined above. This will give new life to democracy and I think democracy will function in true sense. All decisions will be taken by majority of members without any prefix of ruling or opposing group.

Rigidity of AAP not to join with BJP or Congress Party is directly humiliation to elected members and similarly stands of BJP and Congress not to join with each other or with AAP is totally against the wishes of voters. AAP should keep in mind that they have 28 members and there are 42 members against them. Similarly BJP has 32 members but 38 are against them. In such position it is not good to give entire power to any group of 35 and leave rest of MLAs on the mercy of GOD. All MLAs are duly elected by democratic principles and all needs to be treat uniformly. For this purpose, parties should suggest to amend Constitution.

In forthcoming Parliamentary election, result may be more fragmented due to multi -party contest. Numbers of regional parties are increasing year after year. These smaller groups will get 10 to 50 seats and blackmail with national bigger parties. As such Delhi experiment will pave the way to invest suitable solution for Hung Parliament in 2014.

I once again request pundits and Constitutional experts to ponder over the crisis deeply and try to put forward a solution in the light of changing situation when formation of coalition government has more or less become inevitable. Country cannot afford election after election to please political parties. After all it is wastage of public money. It is also suggested to allow runners in the election to take part in passing of bill to the extent which is needed for forming majority for number one party in assembly election..

10.12.2013

Delhi Assembly Election Result 2013 Constituency Wise.

Assembly	AC. No	Winner Name	Party	Vote	Runner UP	Party	Vote	Margin
ADARSH NAGAR	4	RAM KISHAN SINGHAL	INC	36985	JAGDEEP RANA	AAP	26929	10056
AMBEDKAR NAGAR	48	ASHOK KUMAR	AAP	36239	KHUSHI RAM CHUNAR	INC	24569	11670
BABARPUR	67	NARESH GAUR	BJP	34180	ZAKIR KHAN	IND	29673	4507
BADARPUR	53	RAMBIR SINGH BIDHURI	BJP	45344	RAM SINGH NETAJI	INC	31490	13854
BADLI	5	DEVENDER YADAV	Ind	54372	VIJAY KUMAR BHAGAT	BJP	31263	23109
BALLIMARAN	22	HAROON YUSUF	INC	32105	MOTI LAL SODHI	BJP	24012	8093
BAWANA	7	GUGAN SINGH	BJP	68407	MANOJ	AAP	42768	25639
BIJWASAN	36	SAT PRAKASH RANA	BJP	35988	DEVINDER KUMAR SEHRAWAT	AAP	33574	2414
BURARI	2	SANJEEV JHA	AAP	60164	SHRI KRISHAN	BJP	49813	10351
CHANDNI CHOWK	20	PARLAD SINGH SAWHNEY	INC	26335	SUMAN KUMAR GUPTA	BJP	18092	8243
CHHATARPUR	46	BRAHM SINGH TANWAR	BJP	49975	BALRAM TANWAR	INC	33851	16124
DELHI CANTT	38	SURENDER SINGH	AAP	26124	KARAN SINGH TANWAR	BJP	25769	355
DEOLI	47	PRAKASH	AAP	51646	GAGAN RANA @ GAGAN SHRI LAL PRADHAN	BJP	34538	17108
DWARKA	33	PARDUYMN RAJPUT	BJP	42734	RAVI KUMAR SURYAN	AAP	37537	5197
GANDHI NAGAR	61	ARVINDER SINGH LOVELY	INC	48897	RAMESH CHAND JAIN	BJP	31936	16961
GHONDA	66	SAHAB SINGH CHAUHAN	BJP	47531	BHISHAM SHARMA	INC	35599	11932
GOKALPUR	68	RANJEET SINGH	BJP	34888	SURENDRA KUMAR	IND	32966	1922
GREATER KAILASH	50	SAURABH BHARADWAJ	AAP	43097	AJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA	BJP	30005	13092
HARI NAGAR	28	JAGDEEP SINGH	AAP	38912	SHYAM SHARMA	SAD	30036	8876
JANAKPURI	30	PROF. JAGDISH MUKHI	BJP	42886	RAJESH RISHI	AAP	40242	2644
JANGPURA	41	MANINDER SINGH DHIR	AAP	29701	TARVINDER SINGH MARWAH	INC	27957	1744
KALKAJI	51	HARMEET SINGH	BJP	30683	DHARAMBIR SINGH	AAP	28639	2044
KARAWAL NAGAR	70	MOHAN SINGH BISHT	BJP	49262	KAPIL MISHRA	AAP	46179	3083
KAROL BAGH	23	VISHESH RAVI	AAP	35818	SURENDER PAL RATAWAL	BJP	34068	1750
KASTURBA NAGAR	42	MADAN LAL	AAP	33609	SHIKHA ROY	BJP	28935	4674
KIRARI	9	ANIL JHA	BJP	72283	RAJAN PRAKASH	AAP	23757	48526
KONDLI	56	MANOJ KUMAR	AAP	36863	DUSHYANT KUMAR GAUTAM	BJP	29373	7490
KRISHNA NAGAR	60	DR. HARSH VARDHAN	BJP	69222	DR VINOD KUMAR MONGA	INC	26072	43150
LAXMI NAGAR	58	VINOD KUMAR BINNY	AAP	43052	ASHOK KUMAR WALIA	INC	35300	7752
MADIPUR	26	GIRISH SONI	AAP	36393	KAILASH SANKLA	BJP	35290	1103
MALVIYA NAGAR	43	SHRI SOMNATH BHARTI	AAP	32258	MS. ARTI MEHRA	BJP	24486	7772
MANGOL PURI	12	RAKHI BIRLA	AAP	44383	RAJ KUMAR CHAUHAN	INC	33798	10585
MATIA MAHAL	21	SHOAIB IQBAL	JD(U)	22732	MIRZA JAVED ALI	INC	19841	2891
MATIALA	34	RAJESH GAHLOT	BJP	70053	GULAB SINGH	AAP	66051	4002
MEHRAULI	45	PARVESH SAHIB SINGH	BJP	37481	NARINDER SINGH SEJWAL	AAP	32917	4564
MODEL TOWN	18	AKHILESH PATI TRIPATHI	AAP	38492	ASHOK GOEL	BJP	30617	7875
MOTI NAGAR	25	SUBHASH SACHDEVA	BJP	42599	KULDEEP SINGH CHANNA	AAP	26578	16021
MUNDKA	8	RAMBIR SHOKEEN	IND	52564	AZAD SINGH	BJP	45430	7134
MUSTAFABAD	69	HASAN AHMED	INC	56250	JAGDISH PRADHAN	BJP	54354	1896
NAJAFGARH	35	AJEET SINGH KHARKHARI	BJP	54358	BHARAT SINGH	IND	44590	9768
NANGLOI JAT	11	MANOJ KUMAR SHOKEEN	BJP	57449	DR. BIJENDER SINGH	INC	46434	11015
NERELA	1	NEEL DAMAN KHATRI	BJP	54622	VIRENDER	BSP	31077	23545
NEW DELHI	40	ARVIND KEJRIWAL	AAP	44269	SHEILA DIKSHIT	INC	18405	25864
OKHLA	54	ASIF MOHD KHAN	INC	50004	IRFANULLAH KHAN	AAP	23459	26545
PALAM	37	DHARM DEV SOLANKI	BJP	42833	BHAVNA GAUR	AAP	34461	8372
PATEL NAGAR	24	VEENA ANAND	AAP	38899	POORNIMA VIDYARTHI	BJP	32637	6262
PATPARGANJ	57	MANISH SISODIA	AAP	50211	NAKUL BHARDWAJ	BJP	38735	11476
R K PURAM	44	ANIL KUMAR SHARMA	BJP	28017	SHAZIA ILMI MALIK	AAP	27691	326
RAJINDER NAGAR	39	R.P.SINGH	BJP	35713	VIJENDER GARG VIJAY	AAP	33917	1796
RAJOURI GARDEN	27	MANJINDER SINGH SIRSA	SAD	41721	A DHANWATI CHANDELA A	INC	30713	11008
RITHALA	6	KULWANT RANA	BJP	73961	HARISH AWASTHI	AAP	48135	25826
ROHINI	13	RAJESH GARG	AAP	47890	JAI BHAGWAN AGGARWAL	BJP	46018	1872
ROHTAS NAGAR	64	JITENDER KUMAR	BJP	49916	MUKESH HOODA	AAP	34973	14943
SADAR BAZAR	19	SOM DUTT	AAP	34079	JAI PARKASH	BJP	33283	796
SANGAM VIHAR	49	DINESH MOHANIYA	AAP	24851	SHIV CHARAN LAL GUPTA	BJP	24074	777
SEELAMPUR	65	CHAUDHARY MATEEN AHMAD	INC	46452	KAUSHAL KUMAR MISHRA	BJP	24724	21728
SEEMA PURI	63	DHARMENDER SINGH	AAP	43199	VEER SINGH DHINGAN	INC	31223	11976
SHAHDARA	62	JITENDER SINGH SHUNTY	BJP	45364	NARENDER NATH	INC	30247	15117
SHAKUR BASTI	15	SATYENDER KUMAR JAIN	AAP	40232	SHYAM LAL GARG	BJP	33170	7062
SHALIMAR BAGH	14	BANDANA KUMARI	AAP	47235	RAVINDER NATH BANSAL	BJP	36584	10651
SULTANPUR MAJRA	10	JAI KISHAN	INC	31458	SANDEEP KUMAR	AAP	30346	1112
TILAK NAGAR	29	JARNAIL SINGH	AAP	34493	RAJIV BABBER	BJP	32405	2088
TIMARPUR	3	HARISH KHANNA	AAP	39650	RAJNI ABBI	BJP	36267	3383
TRI NAGAR	16	NAND KISHORE GARG	BJP	36970	JITENDER SINGH TOMAR	AAP	34161	2809
TRILOKPURI	55	RAJU	AAP	44082	SUNIL KUMAR	BJP	26397	17685
TUGHLAKABAD	52	RAMESH BIDHURI	BJP	34009	SAHI RAM	BSP	28063	5946
UTTAM NAGAR	32	PAWAN SHARMA	BJP	48377	MUKESH SHARMA	INC	42031	6346
VIKASPURI	31	MAHINDER YADAV	AAP	62032	KRISHAN GAHLOT	BJP	61627	405
VISHWAS NAGAR	59	OM PRAKASH SHARMA	BJP	44801	NASEEB SINGH	INC	37002	7799
WAZIRPUR	17	DR MAHANDER NAGPAL	BJP	37306	PRAVEEN KUMAR	AAP	31732	5574

AAP should understand the politics of leadership and power

If the BJP or the Congress suggest something sensible in the Lok Sabha, it remains to be seen if AAP will suppport it or oppose it---Business Standard ---11.12.2013

You have a home, a family, children. You're the king of the castle, you take all the decisions, people in your home believe you are fair, honest, equitable and understanding and compassionate. You have power.

Then your father comes to live with you. Adjustments have to be made. He has his own way of doing things. He's made you what you are, watched you grow, instilled values in you: some, like caste, that you may consider irrelevant in your current circumstances. But a little of the power has to be yielded out of respect. Space has to be made for the ideas he believes in. After all, he may be old-fashioned but that doesn't mean he's diluted his values.

Suddenly you find a child doesn't agree with you and sides with him.

Your father wants to be accepted in your family. He is hurt: till yesterday, he was the boss, he spoke up for you. Now you want to cast him aside and do things the way you think they should be done. You are terrified power will slip out of your hands. You are afraid your children will be out of sync with the reality today if you let your father influence them too much. If the pond is dirty, the fish will be dirty too. But that is the pond, that is society and you can only hope that if you protect your children against evil influences, they will still shine like beacons of purity and light because of what you've taught them, that the influence of your father or anyone else will not be regressive.

That is the politics of leadership and power.

The person who understood this best was Mahatma Gandhi. If he cooperated with India's oppressors, the British at one stage, it was because at that time, that was the right thing to do, bargaining for a better deal for his supporters and his people, while constantly striving to be one of them, from the frugal diet to the loincloth, a lifestyle that everyone identified with. There was no one who was more conscious of the power he had than Gandhi. But he had a Plan about what to do with it.

Isn't politics about when to give up power and when to use it ? Arvind Kejriwal has abdicated power – either he wants absolute power or he wants none of it. He says everyone is corrupt and till the jhadu is allowed to clean, he will not side with anyone. At the same time, there is talk of contesting 70 Lok Sabha seats.

What happens then? If the BJP or the Congress suggest something sensible in the Lok Sabha, will the AAP suppport it or oppose it ? What will they support and what will they oppose ? Or will they just stay out of Parliament until they have the numbers to do what they think is right – whatever that might be ?

It is all very confusing. You can see what AAP doesn't want – but you are not clear what it is they want and how they're going to go about achieving it.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/aap-should-understand-the-politics-of-leadership-and-power-113121100106_1.html

http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/is-aap-reading-voters-message-correctly-113121000106_1.html